Reading Notes on Property Rights and Institutions

Abstract

The present work is a collection of essays. The first one is new, written for the collection. Then follows 7 separate essays of varying age. They are named  On the classifications of property rights  A property rights perspective on institutional change in the welfare state  On the nature of welfare goods  Privatization and the nature of welfare goods  On the regulation of professions  On the assessment of property rights systems  Property rights theory and sustainable resource utilization. They are all concerned with the nature of property rights and how this helps us understand various aspects of the Norwegian welfare state